Read-alikes and related books

Books like River Through the Ages

If you loved River Through the Ages by Philip Steele, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.), Geography, Earth Sciences, and Science & Nature.

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Top related books to River Through the Ages

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of River Through the Ages.

A Question of Geography: How Can It Rain Fish? And Other Questions about Weather — Clive Gifford

A Question of Geography: How Can It Rain Fish? And Other Questions about Weather

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

How the Sea Came to Be And All the Creatures in It — Jennifer Berne

How the Sea Came to Be And All the Creatures in It

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Seashells in My Pocket A Child’s Nature Guide to Exploring the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida — Judith Hansen

Seashells in My Pocket A Child’s Nature Guide to Exploring the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

First Questions and Answers: Where Does Water Come From? — Kimberley Kinloch

First Questions and Answers: Where Does Water Come From?

Kimberley Kinloch

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Spooky Lakes 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet — Geo Rutherford

Spooky Lakes 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The Nile River in the Sand — Molly Aloian

The Nile River in the Sand

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Where Is the Mississippi River? — Dina Anastasio

Where Is the Mississippi River?

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The Call of the Osprey — Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

The Call of the Osprey

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Tiny Monsters The Strange Creatures That Live on Us, in Us, and Around Us — Steve Jenkins

Tiny Monsters The Strange Creatures That Live on Us, in Us, and Around Us

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The Great Kapok Tree A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest — Lynne Cherry

The Great Kapok Tree A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The Ocean in Your Bathtub — Seth Fishman

The Ocean in Your Bathtub

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Secrets of the Seashore — Carron Brown

Secrets of the Seashore

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Atlas of the Earth — Jean-Pierre Verdet

Atlas of the Earth

Jean-Pierre Verdet

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

By the Sea Shape Book — Laughing Elephant Books

By the Sea Shape Book

Laughing Elephant Books

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Rivers — Emilie Dufresne

Emilie Dufresne

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Lake and Pond — Paul Fleisher

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree — Gail Gibbons

The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Cloud Dance — Thomas Locker

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf — Lois Ehlert

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Amazing Oceans The Surprising World of Our Incredible Seas — Annie Roth

Amazing Oceans The Surprising World of Our Incredible Seas

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

An Anthology of Shells A Collection of Over 100 of the World’s Most Fascinating Shells — Simon Aiken

An Anthology of Shells A Collection of Over 100 of the World’s Most Fascinating Shells

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Just Like Us! Fish — Bridget Heos

Just Like Us! Fish

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth — Cally Oldershaw

An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth

Cally Oldershaw

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

Spectrum Geography, Grade 3 Communities — Spectrum

Spectrum Geography, Grade 3 Communities

Themes: Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.) • Geography • Earth Sciences

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Water (Oceans, Lakes, etc.), Geography, Earth Sciences — the same threads that run through River Through the Ages by Philip Steele. Among the authors featured: Clive Gifford, Jennifer Berne, Judith Hansen, Kimberley Kinloch, and others.

More by Philip Steele

I Wonder why Pyramids Were Built? and Other Questions about Ancient Egypt — Philip Steele

I Wonder why Pyramids Were Built? and Other Questions about Ancient Egypt

Oil Is It the Future of Energy? — Philip Steele

Oil Is It the Future of Energy?

The Best-ever Book of Pirates — Philip Steele

The Best-ever Book of Pirates

Curious Questions and Answers about Natures Wonders — Philip Steele

Curious Questions and Answers about Natures Wonders

Marie Curie The Woman who Changed the Course of Science — Philip Steele

Marie Curie The Woman who Changed the Course of Science

Escape the Mummy’s Tomb Crack The Codes, Solve The Puzzles, And Make Your Escape! — Philip Steele

Escape the Mummy’s Tomb Crack The Codes, Solve The Puzzles, And Make Your Escape!

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